tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745409605496062834.post8250285911173916618..comments2014-05-08T11:50:41.998-04:00Comments on Creative Minority Report: Signs And PortentsPatrick Archboldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13230114519933936165noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745409605496062834.post-31008948305456012732013-01-05T16:05:25.474-05:002013-01-05T16:05:25.474-05:00I was delicately pointing out that just because th...I was delicately pointing out that just because the US and sister cultures don&#39;t currently take astrology seriously doesn&#39;t mean that there aren&#39;t many current cultures that <i>do</i> put the same ancient weight on the signs. <br /><br />Just like the current tempest in a teapot over the Pope implying that capitalism isn&#39;t the One True Belief System, folks can get rather focused on everything being related to us. Foxfierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745409605496062834.post-90180802382568591642013-01-05T15:49:03.804-05:002013-01-05T15:49:03.804-05:00@ Foxfier: All of them.
All of Asia is huge into ...@ Foxfier: All of them.<br /><br />All of Asia is huge into astrology, even in much of the Islamic world. Especially in East Asia; do you know how much of business life in Japan, Korea, and even China is governed by whether the horoscopes (among many, <i>many</i> other omens) are auspicious or not? Japan may&#39;ve abolished its ministry of divinations in 1876, but training in that system is one of the divinity degrees offered in every Japanese university.<br /><br />The same is true of pretty much all the non-assimilated Native Americans; Navajo astrology was actually studied in some depth by the Franciscan priest Berard Haile.<br /><br />Africans and Aboriginal Australians, even when Christian, put a lot of stock in omens in general, and the same is true of Polynesians.<br /><br />Of course, other than the Asians, most of those cultures are endangered or minor enclaves—but that&#39;s because your question is almost functionally equivalent to &quot;How many other cultures are there on Earth, <i>period</i>?&quot;Sophia's Favoritehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02871625814389904112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745409605496062834.post-34854112568372718452013-01-03T17:56:50.090-05:002013-01-03T17:56:50.090-05:00How many other cultures on Earth do still put majo...How many other cultures on Earth <i>do</i> still put major weight on signs in the sky?Foxfierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.com